lucrative

[ loo-kruh-tiv ]

/ ˈlu krə tɪv /

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adjective

profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.

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Origin of lucrative

1375–1425; late Middle English lucratif (< Middle French) < Latin lucrātīvus gainful, equivalent to lucrāt(us) (past participle of lucrārī to make a profit, gain by economy; see lucre) + -īvus -ive

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lu·cra·tive·ly, adverblu·cra·tive·ness, nounnon·lu·cra·tive, adjectivenon·lu·cra·tive·ly, adverb

non·lu·cra·tive·ness, nounun·lu·cra·tive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for lucrative

Dance instructors run a lucrative trade offering private lessons to couples before their wedding receptions, typically the tango.
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Add on some lucrative sponsorship deals with Pepsi, Adidas, and Turkish Airlines, and he takes home about $65 million a year.
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There is certainly a lucrative yet dignified sweet spot between small time micro-brewer and soulless mass-producer.
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And this week CNPC agreed to buy 10 percent of Vankorneft, a Rosneft subsidiary, which operates the lucrative Vankor oil field.
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It was the first of many hits, a lucrative side project that earned Noor around $350 per target.
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Ostrich farming is not only an interesting industry for the Boers, but it is a most lucrative business.
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In his latter days he was afflicted with great poverty, for the positions he held were always more honorable than lucrative.
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The Hansa in its turn pleaded that it merely exercised the right of neutrals, and persisted in not abandoning a lucrative trade.
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The drug is smuggled across the border very easily and a lucrative trade is carried on.
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Cyprus had once a lucrative trade with Syria, in the oil extracted from the seed of the jujube tree.
Cyprus|Franz von Lher

British Dictionary definitions for lucrative

lucrative

/ (ˈluːkrətɪv) /

adjective

producing a profit; profitable; remunerative

Derived Formslucratively, adverblucrativeness, noun

Word Origin for lucrative

C15: from Old French lucratif; see lucre

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Word Origin and History for lucrative

lucrative

adj.

early 15c., from Old French lucratif "profitable" and directly from Latin lucrativus "gainful, profitable," from lucratus, past participle of lucrari "to gain," from lucrum "gain, profit" (see lucre). Related: Lucratively; lucrativeness.

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